Then there was that time when the U.S.’s credit rating got totally fucked because the markets decided we can’t be trusted to pay our bills. Guess which branch of government bore the brunt of that blame? Ya don’t fucking say, it’s the legislative.

Rep. John Flemming once fell for an Onion headline about an abortionplex, and now he thinks that economists “predict all sorts of things” so we shouldn’t factor them into governance. Fuck you, you idiot.

Catastrophic climate change, unsustainable mass incarceration, dangerously neglected public infrastructure—oh sorry, just rattling off issues that have been largely ignored while you’ve argued about Obamacare for three years. Now where were we? Oh right, fuck you Congress.

Another group hit hardest by the government shutdown is the Native American population, which is just great because they haven’t been screwed badly enough by the American political system over the past 200 years. Congress, please stop making it so easy to say “fuck you.”

Rep. John Culberson recalled the GOP vote to shut down the government thusly: “The whole room [said]: ‘Let’s vote!’ I said, like 9/11, ‘Let’s roll!’” In the name of all victims of actual terrorism, shut. the. fuck. up.

Among the countless cuts during the government shutdown were 23 Headstart programs. Let’s put that in terms both preschoolers and our most idiotic elected officials can understand: poor kids who need help can’t get it because Congress is fighting. Now say it with us, kids: “Fuck You Congress.”

Congress had a deal in place to avoid this entire shitshow months ago, but one side reneged. Worse still, that side has spent the past two weeks pointing the finger of blame rather than owning their hardline stance. (Spoiler: It’s the GOP.) (Double Spoiler: It’s fucking infuriating!)

To Utah Sen. Mike Lee, whose first response to whether he would continue to accept paychecks while the majority of government workers are furloughed was, “I’m working, I’ll continue to be paid.” We offer a big, Utah-elevated Fuck You, sir.

While thousands of programs and employees were deemed “non-essential” and suspended or furloughed, one of the few government costs deemed essential to maintain during the shutdown has been the Congressional gym. Oh no, please don’t get out of the pool, Mr. Boehner. This fuck you is waterproof.

On behalf of every student trying to figure out how to write a political science research paper without access to government websites, we’re going to go ahead and say “fuck you Congress” without citation.

To Michelle Bachmann, who on the day of the shutdown said, out loud, for the record, not sarcastically or under any form of coercion, “We’re very excited. It’s exactly what we wanted, and we got it.” Fuck you to infinity.

Hold on, we’re receiving a very special transmission directly from the Mars Curiosity rover. This is incredible, let’s see what it has to say. The transmission is coming in now. Here we go, it says, “FUCK YOU CONGRESS.” Wow, harsh words for a robot. Guess you shouldn’t have furloughed the employee running its mission.

Let’s get this straight: In an effort to repeal a law that grants the poor cheaper health care options, you are shutting down programs that help the poor? You’re seriously doubling down on screwing our country’s impoverished? Well, a double fuck you right back!

*cough* *cough* The EPA *wheeze* *hack* and its thousands of employees *cough* who protect us from toxic air and water pollutants *haaaaack* *coughcough* is almost entirely shutdown. *wheeze* Fuck. *cough* You. *cough* Congress.

Thousands of poor and elderly Massachusetts residents receiving federal fuel assistance to keep their homes warm are now left in the cold by the shutdown. Hey Congress, maybe send some of the piping hot bullshit you’ve been shoveling lately up their way to help them stay warm at night. Fuck you.

Captaining the Fuck You football team is House Speaker John Boehner, who is frightened by a few members of his own party and won’t allow a vote on a “clean” budget bill. This man is second in line for presidential succession. Fuck you, Boehner, for being such a coward.

Hey, Congress, there are a couple hundred people indisposed with salmonella right now thanks to the Center for Disease Control operating with a barebones staff. They’d likely tell you themselves if they weren’t presently vomiting, so we’ll say it for them: fuck you!

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